Saddle Sores

[ny biker]

Question for folks using Vaseline or Aquaphor while riding - any problems getting your shorts clean afterwards? I'm concerned that all that oil-based gunk won't wash out well.


p.s. for Jiffer: Aquaphor should be available at any drug store. It's made by Eucerin. I'm allergic to antibiotic ointment so my dermatologist recommended I put it on road rash to keep the wound moist and prevent it from sticking to the bandage, and I found it at the supermarket.

http://www.drugstore.com/products/pr...45&catid=10400

[OakLeaf]

I've used both Aquaphor and A&D in the past, and no, it does not wash out of shorts. TRYING to wash it out, radically reduces the life of a chamois.

I never found them to be very good lubricants anyhow. I used them for years until I found something better, but they're so thick that they tend to mat hair and keep parts from moving freely.

[Brandy]

I have had decent luck with Bag Balm...when I use it. I forget most of the time!

[OakLeaf]

Heck, if you're ABLE to forget, you probably don't need it at all

[Brandy]

On shorter training rides I'm fine. It's the long ones where I'm in a rush to get on the road that I forget and regret it. I ended up with one saddle sore when we were on "bikation" a few weeks ago and this weekend I was good, even without the Bag Balm.

[Norse]

After trial and error, and helpful hints from this forum, I have now settled on a combo of Bag Balm (apply it directly to me, not the shorts) and pure corn starch (helps keep me drier much longer than powder or talc). Some of the other chamois cream-type products I tried did not wash out of my shorts but no problems with the Bag Balm.

For saddle sores, straight aloe vera and/or a lanolin based cream seem to provide the quickest cure.

[Jiffer]

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Now here is where memory escapes me because I used the Chamios Butter as well before every ride but I only put it on my chamios not on me, however and of course it would get on me.

Are you using it on yourself or your chamios? Am I nutz? Oy

I put the A&D directly on me and the Chamois Buttr in the shorts.

[bikerchic]

I put the A&D directly on me and the Chamois Buttr in the shorts.

Got it! Whew! That's how I do it too, glad to know I'm not nutz......

[Jiffer]

Got it! Whew! That's how I do it too, glad to know I'm not nutz......

Yeah, I wasn't sure and even posted a question about it on this thread, but no one responded. It just made sense to try it that way and it seemed to work well on my one long ride so far.

[polaris]

On a week-long tour, I developed a rash for the first time ever, both on the bikini line & outer labia. It was like whiteheads or blind pimples that hurt like heck. It would subside somewhat overnight, but reoccur during the next days ride as the week grew hotter and more humid.

Finally, on Day Six, I mentioned my burning problem to a co-rider . She gave me a sample of a product called "Calmoseptine". Wow, does that stuff work. You only need a very small amount. After only one application, the irritation started to subside and now several days and applications later, it's pretty well healed.

I have a ride coming up this weekend and will see if it keeps the rash from reoccurring.

Bag Balm didn't help at all, nor did Penaten Cream.